Tag: cow close to calving

• Waiting Daze

  

  Queenie is waiting. Waiting on Daisy.  Dazey Daisy. Who does not seem to be in any hurry to do terribly much. She now is (officially) a week away from calving .. they say if the calf comes earlier it is more likely to be a heifer, later a steer. Of course there are about a…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 8, 2014

  Farm Animals, Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  border collie and lump, cow close to calving, hereford heifer, hereford pig in snow, how do I know my cow is close to calving, Pregnant cow

• The Low Moan of a Cow

  

  Daisy needs lamby kisses. Poor Paisley Daisy. So large. So ripe.  Just about ready to fall out of her tree. She stands in the center of her straw bed pushing sheaves to and fro, eyeing the walls and the door, centering herself. Then she leans way forward and folds her long front legs right under…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 6, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  Barn, cow close to calving, farm photography, lamb, lifestyle, shearing sheep, snow